Izzy, the Runaway

We’ve had our little dog, Izzy, less than a year. Our former dog, Buzzy had died not long before. Our big dog, Croc, was lost without his friend. My niece, a rural mail carrier, called us about Izzy. It seems a lady on her route had several dogs. Izzy strayed up to her house, begging to be let in. She was kind enough to rescue him but busied herself hunting him a new home.

He is adorable but almost instantly we discovered his little secret. He’s a runner! That’s likely how he got to his foster home to start with. He’d not been with us two hours. He took the opportunity to scoot out the door and run, just a streak of white.

I followed calling him but he was gone. I got in my truck to look for him but he was nowhere to be seen. I was sick with dread fearing I’d never see him again. Eventually, I saw him resting on a doorstep, exhausted. I scooped him up and brought him home. He managed to run a couple of more times, despite our vigilance. I suspect he’d run today, given the chance.

I apologize for three lower images. I erroneously inserted them and can’t get them out.

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  2. Aww thank you so much, Beth, for inviting Izzy into your life. He’s adorable. and so lucky to have you guys and a warm inviting place to call home. Pet lovers are the best Big-hearted people ever.

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  3. I dogsat four pickapoos in a crumbling antebellum mansion once. All identical. All snow white. All hyperactive. All so spoiled they wouldn’t eat unless hand fed. Only serious snowstorm in Natchez that year. Been (jokingly?) threatened with my own death if anything happened to them. New Year’s Eve. You know the rest.

    After calling, driving, sweating, I thought to call the pound. That number connected me to City Police.

    “Maggie Berkeley’s dog is out?” said the policeman on the line. “I’ll be right over!”

    Of course, by the time he got there the dog, who had done this dance before, was waiting on the front porch… 🙄

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